J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > The Fire at Sea Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coastal Terrain and Buildings c.1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Buildings’ c.1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Coastal Terrain and Buildings c.1834
D27843
Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 42
Chalk on brownish grey wove paper, 139 x 228 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXXII 42’ top left, inverted
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, this maritime view in chalks is one of several in this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Buildings c.1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-coastal-terrain-and-buildings-r1181703, accessed 26 April 2024.